Category: Looking at the Weekend

Apart from the third film, which opened below the second, each new The Fast & the Furious franchise entry has outperformed the previous in terms of opening weekend. The first film beats the second and third in terms of overall box office, but it largely holds true there as well. The seventh film earned $147…

The Boss Baby is proof you can never count out animated films to produce strong box office results. Having one come out so close to another might prove fatal, but the other two new releases don’t sound like they’ll be much competition for Smurfs: The Lost Village or holdovers Boss Baby and Beauty and the…

Although the reviews aren’t great, The Boss Baby is likely to be the week’s top newcomer, though Beauty and the Beast will still top the charts. Our Highest Rated Films: The Zookeeper’s Wife Our Best Awards Ratings: The Boss Baby (Razzies/Oscars), The Zookeeper’s Wife (Oscars) OTHER LIMITED RELEASES God Knows Where I Am Naam Shabana

What will the audience be in the mood for, other than a second weekend of Beauty and the Beast? You have two films built of television series and a new sci-fi drama starring Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhaal. Normally, it wouldn’t be a contest, but the Power Rangers are still immensely popular after all these…

In 1991, Disney’s animated renaissance went into overdrive with Beauty and the Beast, which grossed more than $300 million at the box office (adjusted for inflation), and became the first animated film in history to earn a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars. The film received six total nominations, winning two for Original Song for…

One new wide release this week will battle Logan for the box office crown. All signs point to a strong debut for Kong: Skull Island, so we’ll have to see whether Logantakes a huge drop or is a solid hold over. Ultimately, I think Kong has the edge. Our Highest Rated Films: Kong: Skull Island,…

It will be an easy win for Logan at the box office. The X-Men franchise has done well with opening weekends and the other new releases don’t look like the kinds of movies that become big enough hits to take it down. Our Highest Rated Films: Logan Our Best Awards Ratings: None with significant results.…

Horror hasn’t had much of an easy time at the box office recently and has been largely absent. That changes this weekend with the first new horror film in some time and one that has critics raving. Get Out is in a solid position to best the week’s two other releases, but never underestimate families…

This may end up being a very unusual weekend. There’s little doubt The Lego Batman Movie will have a solid holdover and might hold onto the top spot at the box office, but Fist Fight could be stiff competition. This is the right time of year for comedies like it, which may give it a…

Two vastly different demographics form the basis of this weekend’s race for the top of the box office. On the adult-only side of things, Fifty Shades Darker hopes to replicate its predecessor’s success when it opened two years ago to $85 million and topped out at $166 million. On the other end of the spectrum…

The horror rebirth of the Ring franchise should be able to top the box office, but The Space Between Us could draw enough teens to the theater to give it a run for its money. Our Highest Rated Films: Growing Up Smith Our Best Awards Ratings: None OTHER LIMITED RELEASES I Am Not Your Negro…

It could be another week at the top of the charts for Split as this weekend’s new releases don’t seem like they’ll have a lot of teeth. Fighting it out for the top of the new releases will be A Dog’s Purpose and Resident Evil: The Final Chapter with Gold opening low in the top…

We’ll have a new film to crown #1 at the weekend box office with xXx: Return of Xander Cage beating Split out for the mantle. Our Highest Rated Films: The Red Turtle, Staying Vertical Our Best Awards Ratings: The Red Turtle (Oscars), The Founder (Oscars) OTHER LIMITED RELEASES 20th Century Women (See our Looking at…

The horror genre hasn’t had a major player at the box office in some time and with Star Wars fading fast, The Bye Bye Man could top the box office. Watch out, though, for Hidden Figures, which proved quite a draw coming in second for the weekend and building buzz; and La La Land, which…

Each outing of the Underworld series has opened to over $20 million, ranging from just barely over for the 2009 outing to $26 million for the second in 2006. The last film to release at the box office was 5 years ago to the tune of $25 million. Five years is a long time, but…